Craft focus courses for creative writers
Give key elements of your writing the special attention they deserve on our range of craft focus courses. Look in detail at subjects including plot, character and dialogue, and learn to take your own work to the next level.
Our craft focus courses are suitable for those with some experience of creative writing. Online and face-to-face courses are available.
- Craft focus: grammar, syntax, and style for creative writersCourse start date: Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyGreat poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this new course, which combines creative writing with a review of essential points of grammar.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £100.00 - Craft focus: character in fictionCourse start date: Sat 10 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tasha KavanaghIn fiction, character and plot are inseparable elements of craft. Without characters there can be no action or plot. In this short course you will learn how to create characters that can drive a narrative forward and deepen its themes.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Craft focus: grammar, syntax and style for creative writers - getting startedCourse start date: Sat 10 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyGreat poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this new course, which combines creative writing with a review of essential points of grammar.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Craft focus: introduction to novel plottingCourse start date: Sun 11 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie ChardExplore different approaches to novel plotting and learn how to plot your own novel successfully in this short course suitable for those who have begun writing a novel.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - Craft focus: how to edit your novelCourse start date: Sat 31 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah LeipcigerOnce your story is on the page, the editing process begins. Where do you start and what skills do you need? This course guides learners through the editing of a story or manuscript, exploring approaches to making line edits, improving narrative structure and more. - Craft focus: novel plotting workshop (advanced)Course start date: Sun 15 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie ChardGain fresh insight into your novel's plot in this advanced course designed to help you find a structure that showcases the story you want to tell. Suitable for those with a novel in progress.
Please note: sessions include a 1-hour break.
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